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Police said Jahjuan A. Edwards was sitting on a porch on Church Street when Dennard fired multiple gunshots from a moving car just before 4 p.m. Sunday.

"We are relieved that he's finally off the street," said Latoria Brown, Jahjuan's aunt.

According to his arrest report, Dennard sent a Facebook friend request to Brown the day after the shooting.

"When I looked at his profile that was the person that had just previously shot my nephew," Brown said.

Brown said she did not know Dennard prior to the shooting.

Edwards was shot in the torso and later airlifted to Arnold Palmer Hospital. His injuries were non-life-threatening. Another victim, Jahjuan's uncle Darelle Porter, was grazed by a bullet, investigators said.

"I don't wish any bad on him but he did something wrong and he should be punished for it," Porter said.

Police said Edwards was playing basketball just moments before he was wounded. They did not say if the boy was targeted by Dennard.

According to the police report, a juvenile neighbor that witnessed the shooting confirmed that Dennard was the shooter based on the Facebook profile. That witness also told investigators that there were multiple shooters and that another man returned fire after the initial shooting.

Leesburg Police Major Steve Rockefeller said investigators don't know if someone returned fire and that police are currently investigating that possibility.

Dennard faces a long list of charges including aggravated battery, aggravated assault and possession of a weapon by a convicted felon.

Police said Jahjuan and his uncle were not the intended target. Investigators said they know who they intended target was but are not releasing that person's name. Investigators said the shooting was possibly motivated by a longstanding dispute.